At age 30,
Larry Zigerelli was an associate
advertising manager for the Procter and Gamble Company in
Cincinnati, supervising 15 managers in the toothpaste category. It
wasn’t a surprise that Larry was a whiz selling Crest because he
had to sell himself as a basketball prospect (which isn’t easy for a
5'-9" guy). Yale took him, however, because the prestigious Ivy
League school liked his high school athletic record and the fact
that he was valedictorian of the Monaca High School Class of 1976
with a 4.0 grade point average. He starred in basketball at Monaca
from 1973 to 1976 and was named to the Prep All American team his
junior year and to the United Press All State second team. As a
senior Larry set a
single game record of 24 assists and had a career record of 600
assists; he averaged 17 points and 13 assists per game, with a
season total of 371 points and 264 assists. Larry's best game was 36
points and 13 assists. He also lettered in baseball in his sophomore
and junior years and was an All Conference defensive back on
Monaca’s first WPIAL football championship team as a senior. As
point guard at Yale, Larry had an equally impressive basketball
record: in his senior season he set a single season assist record of
225, a single game assist mark of 15, and a career assist record of
269 in four years. He led Yale’s cagers to a 16-10 record in 1980,
the best for the team in 17 years. Dean Smith, the famous North
Carolina coach, said: “Larry Zigerelli is one of the finest guards
we’ve faced all year.”
At age 30,
Larry Zigerelli was an associate
advertising manager for the Procter and Gamble Company in
Cincinnati, supervising 15 managers in the toothpaste category. It
wasn’t a surprise that Larry was a whiz selling Crest because he
had to sell himself as a basketball prospect (which isn’t easy for a
5'-9" guy). Yale took him, however, because the prestigious Ivy
League school liked his high school athletic record and the fact
that he was valedictorian of the Monaca High School Class of 1976
with a 4.0 grade point average. He starred in basketball at Monaca
from 1973 to 1976 and was named to the Prep All American team his
junior year and to the United Press All State second team. As a
senior Larry set a
single game record of 24 assists and had a career record of 600
assists; he averaged 17 points and 13 assists per game, with a
season total of 371 points and 264 assists. Larry's best game was 36
points and 13 assists. He also lettered in baseball in his sophomore
and junior years and was an All Conference defensive back on
Monaca’s first WPIAL football championship team as a senior. As
point guard at Yale, Larry had an equally impressive basketball
record: in his senior season he set a single season assist record of
225, a single game assist mark of 15, and a career assist record of
269 in four years. He led Yale’s cagers to a 16-10 record in 1980,
the best for the team in 17 years. Dean Smith, the famous North
Carolina coach, said: “Larry Zigerelli is one of the finest guards
we’ve faced all year.”